THE
ARMENIANS
OF CYPRUS
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Law-abiding by nature, Armenian-Cypriots always had
a high profile with the British administration and many
became conscientious civil servants and disciplined
policemen or were employed at the Cyprus Government
Railway and Cable and Wireless. Throughout the 1920s-
1950s, many worked at the asbestos mines at Amiandos
and the copper mines at Mavrovouni and Skouriotissa,
some of whom had been trade unionists. Some Armenian
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Group photo of the first scouts of the Melkonian Educational Institute (1932).
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Saint Stephen’s church in Larnaka (2009).
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Commemoration ceremony for the Armenian Genocide in front of
the old Genocide Monument with Bishop Ghevont Chebeyan (1948).
